ai4bharat/Pralekha huggingface dataset:
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Schemes for women Beedi workers
As per the data available, there are 49.82 lakh registered Beedi workers in the country out of which 36.25 lakh are women. A number of welfare measures have been taken for the Beedi Workers and their family members, as follows:-
 Health care facilities through 10  Hospitals and 285 dispensaries. Reimbursement of expenditure for specialized treatments .
 Financial Assistance for education to the children of beedi workers from class-I to college/University ranging from Rs. 1000/- to Rs. 25,000/- per student per annum, depending upon class/course.
 Subsidy of Rs.1,50,000/-  in three  installments at 25:60:15 ratio i.e. Rs.37,500, Rs.90,000 and Rs.22,500 receptively for construction of pucca houses, under Revised Integrated Housing Scheme  2016. However, RIHS has now been converged with Pradhan Mantri Awash Yojana.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment in collaboration with National Skill Development Corporation  and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship have been providing skill Development training to the Beedi Workers and their dependents to engage them in alternative jobs
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
LOGISTICS SECTOR
Contribution of logistics sector in overall GDP is not compiled at present. However, sector-wise Gross Value Added  for the last three years is given below:

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|
S.No.
|
|
Sector
|
|
At current prices
|
|
2018-19

|
|
2019-20

|
|
2020-21

|
|
1
|
|
Railways
|
|
1,23,596
|
|
1,35,477
|
|
1,36,807
|
|
2
|
|
Road Transport
|
|
5,36,552
|
|
5,65,438
|
|
4,47,164
|
|
3
|
|
Water Transport
|
|
13,059
|
|
13,350
|
|
13,418
|
|
4
|
|
Air Transport
|
|
12,730
|
|
22,508
|
|
10,323
|
|
5
|
|
Services incidental to transport
|
|
1,03,341
|
|
1,03,301
|
|
98,710
|
|
6
|
|
Storage
|
|
18,597
|
|
19,513
|
|
19,628
|
|
7
|
|
Total GVA
|
|
1,71,75,128
|
|
1,83,55,109
|
|
1,80,57,810


Government has approved PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan for providing multimodal connectivity to economic zones. It depicts the economic zones and the infrastructure linkages required to support them with an objective to holistically integrate all the multimodal infrastructural projects and remove infrastructural gaps for seamless movement of people and goods. PM Gati Shakti is a transformative approach for economic growth and sustainable development. The approach encompasses development of infrastructure for economic transformation, seamless multimodal connectivity and logistics efficiency. World class modern infrastructure and logistics synergy are expected to help raise productivity and accelerate economic growth & development. Physical linkages so created are expected to promote comprehensive and integrated national network of transportation and logistics, create efficiency gains and avenues for further development, value addition and employment opportunities. Any state Government/Central Ministry/Private Sector, before planning an investment, can know beforehand the status of current multi-modal connectivity for making informed decision.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Shri Som Parkash, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
India is actively negotiating Regional Trade Agreements /Free Trade Agreements  with the following countries/regions :
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|
Sl.
|
|
Countries/Regions
|
|
Name of the Agreement
|
|
1
|
|
UAE
|
|
India-UAE CEPA
|
|
2
|
|
Australia
|
|
India - Australia Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement 
|
|
3
|
|
Canada
|
|
India – Canada Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
|
|
4
|
|
Israel
|
|
India – Israel Free Trade Agreement 
|
|
5
|
|
United Kingdom
|
|
India-UK Enhanced Trade Partnership 
|
|
6
|
|
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Russia
|
|
India-Eurasian Economic Union  Free Trade Agreement 
|
|
7
|
|
European Union
|
|
India - EU Broad Based Trade and Investment Agreement 
|
|
8
|
|
South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia
|
|
India - SACU PTA
India has signed 11 RTAs/FTAs with various countries/regions namely, Japan, South Korea, Mauritius, countries of ASEAN region and countries of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation. India’s merchandise exports to these countries/regions have registered a growth of 20.75% in the last five years. As regards India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement , as this has been implemented w.e.f. 01-04-2021, it is too early to calculate quantifiable benefits. The following table gives country/region wise merchandise export details:
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|
RTA partner countries/Region wise India’s exports
Values in US$ billion
|
|
India RTA partner Countries/region
|
|
Names of RTAs
|
|
Export in FY 2016
|
|
Export in FY 2021
|
|
ASEAN
|
|
India-ASEAN FTA
India-Singapore CECA
India-Malaysia CECA
India-Thailand FTA - Early Harvest Scheme 
|
|
25.13
|
|
31.49
|
|
Japan
|
|
India-Japan CEPA
|
|
4.66
|
|
4.43
|
|
South Korea
|
|
India-South Korea CEPA
|
|
3.52
|
|
4.68
|
|
SAFTA
|
|
Agreement on SAFTA
India-Sri Lanka FTA
India-Nepal Treaty of Trade
India-Bhutan Agreement on Trade, Commerce and Transit
|
|
18.60
|
|
22.08
|
|
Mauritius
|
|
India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement 
|
|
It is too early to calculate quantifiable benefits for this RTA, as it was implemented only w.e.f. 10.04.2021.
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|
Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics 
As per the FDI data maintained by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade , the cumulative investment received from the above countries/regions in the last 5 years  is to the tune of US$ 89.46 Billion. However, it is not possible to ascertain if investment from a country has taken place due to signing of an RTA or any other reason.
Review of RTAs/FTAs with South Korea, ASEAN and Singapore is under consideration.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Science leaders discuss India’s path toward a knowledge intense economy
Leaders of scientific departments of the Government of India chalked out the framework for making India a knowledge intense economy and deliberated on the challenges and opportunities in the path at the first plenary session of the Indian science congress at Nagpur.
Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, Professor A K Sood underlined that while India has emerged as the third largest ecosystem for start-ups globally and the deep tech startup landscape in India has seen rapid growth, there is still space to boost it up specifically in areas like consumer technology, automotive, media and entertainment, agritech, energy utilities, and cyber security.
He added that convergence of technological revolutions in quantum science and technology, advanced communication technologies, clean energy, digital transformation, and one health mission is fuelling India’s progress towards a global knowledge intense economy.
“Science will play a crucial role in India’s transformation, and this transformation will be grounded in our labs. So it is the responsibility of us scientists to think how relevant our science will be to face future challenges. We have to frame our questions to address future problems, be it in manufacturing or sustainability issues,” said Dr. S Chandrasekhar, Secretary Department of Science and Technology .
He underlined that science needs to imagine future factories and design manufacturing methods that suit them, match input with output so that waste is minimised, develop the concept of circular science, generate agricultural technologies that can obviate the necessity of subsidies, and find alternate mobility options that are less polluting.
Dr. Chandrasekhar highlighted the necessity of developing the grassroot--global connect so that solutions from the grassroots can give clues to solve global problems.
Stressing on the need for sustainability in successful scientific solutions, N. Kalaiselvi, Director General CSIR, outlined India’s challenges and opportunities in some areas like the environment and climate change, energy and mobility, food and nutrition, industry 4.0/5.0, ease of doing science and attracting and retaining talent which are critical to India in the next seven years. She said these will lay the foundation for the next 17 years to make India a developed country.
Dr. Alka Sharma, Senior Advisor Department of Biotechnology , emphasised on bio-manufacturing—manufacturing that uses biological systems replacing fossil fuel-derived chemicals, as the new wave of industrialisation. She added that it could lock atmospheric carbon in its stable form, paving the pathway that would make India a country leading the world in sustainability.
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah held a review meeting in New Delhi today, on the security situation and development aspects of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir
The Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah held a review meeting in New Delhi today, on the security situation and development aspects of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir, Shri Manoj Sinha, Union Home Secretary, Director , RAW Chief and other senior officials of the Government of India, including the Officers from UT of Jammu & Kashmir attended the meeting.
Shri Amit Shah reviewed the functioning of the security grid and various aspects related to security and gave necessary directions to follow the policy of zero tolerance against terrorism.
The Union Home Minister also reviewed the various developmental works being implemented in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir and emphasized on timely completion of projects. He also directed the officials to strive their best to achieve 100 percent saturation of the beneficiaries under various schemes and ensure the benefits of development reaches every section of the society.
A terror eco-system comprising element that aid, abet and sustain the terrorist-separatist campaign to the detriment of the well-being of common man requires to be dismantled, said the Union Home Minister.
Ministry of Communications
Third State Broadband Committee Meeting of National Broadband Mission held today
Mumbai, 12th November 2021
The third meeting of ‘State Broadband Committee’ of Maharashtra State was held on 12.11.2021 under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Maharashtra, Shri Sitaram Kunte.
The committee deliberated upon the issues of Alignment of Local Authority Bye Laws with Telecom Infrastructure Policy 2018 issued by Maharashtra State Government and modification in Telecom Infrastructure Policy 2018 by including provision of issue of permission for laying over ground Telegraph infrastructure, Right of Way  permissions to be obtained from the State Government etc. The discussions and decisions taken during this meeting are going to play a vital role in achievement of various targets set in NBM by Govt. of India.
The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary , Maharashtra Government, Smt. Abha Shukla, Sr.DDG, DoT, Mumbai Area, Shri Ashwani Salwan, DDG , DoT Mumbai Area, Sh.A.k Sahu, Director , DoT Mumbai Area, Sh. Pramod sapkale, Advisor, DoT, MH LSA, Shri V Kendurkar, , DDG , DoT MH Area, Shrigopal Agrawal and other stakeholders of CGM BSNL, CGM BBNL, representatives of COAI, Digital Infrastructure Providers Association among others.
About National Broadband Mission: The NBM was launched by the Ministry of Communications to enable fast track growth of digital communication infrastructure in the country, bridge the digital divide, facilitate digital empowerment and inclusion and provide affordable and universal access of broadband for all. The programme aims to provide broadband access to all villages by 2022. This would significantly improve quality of services for mobile and internet.
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Ministry of Electronics & IT
e-invoices cross 39.81 Crores in Six months
GST e-invoice system, the game changer in the GST system, has successfully completed journey of six months. During this period more than 39.81 Crores e-invoices have been generated by 88,000+ suppliers. There are more than 47 lakh recipients involved in these transactions, who will be receiving Input Tax Credits easily. On 31st March 2021, 37.42 Lakh e-Invoices are generated which is the highest for a day in last 6 months.
E-invoice system was launched on 1st Oct 2020 for the tax payers whose annual aggregate turnover is more than Rs 500 Crores and subsequently on 1st Jan 2021, the tax payers whose annual aggregate turnover is between Rs. 100 Crores and Rs. 500 Crores have been enabled. From 1st April 2021, as per the government order, tax payers whose annual aggregate turnover is between Rs. 50 Crores and Rs. 100 Crores are mandated to generate e-invoice from the portal. National Informatics Centre  has already enabled these tax payers on the portal and is geared up to handle the generation of e-invoices by the tax payers.
e-Invoice Statistics 
NIC has taken pro-active measures in educating the tax payers about the common errors while reporting the e-invoice to the IRP. Daily emails are sent with the details of the errors and telephonic calls are made to the taxpayers with large number of errors. The tax payers can note the errors sent by mail and take appropriate corrective measures with the help of their IT teams.
In addition to API based e-invoice generation mode, NIC has provided the offline Excel based IRN preparation and printing tool, called as NIC-GePP tool for the tax payers. This application is helping the tax payers to enter the invoice details, prepare the file to upload on NIC IRP portal, download the IRN with QR code and print the e-invoice with QR code.
Continuing its efforts to make the ease of doing the business, NIC has developed a new tool by which the tax payers can prepare and generate the e-invoices using mobile and web based form. This app will help the small tax payers in generation of the e-invoice through their mobiles. This app is under testing and will be released soon.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves signing of Memorandum of Understanding  between National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj  and University of Reading , United Kingdom 
The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding  signed between National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj  and University of Reading , United Kingdom  for collaboration in the field of agriculture and rural development in developing countries. The MoU was signed in March, 2022.
Impact:
This MoU will help NIRDPR faculty in acquiring and widening their knowledge, and develop an international professional network in agriculture, nutrition and rural development.
Both the institutes together can bring a considerable amount of research expertise in agricultural economics, rural development, livelihoods and nutrition studies that is required for the emerging inter-disciplinary area of research and capacity building.
Background:
NIRDPR has been involved with University of Reading in various research activities in the field of rural development like improvement of nutrition assessment by measuring energy expenditure, use of wearable accelerometric and sensor based devices in agricultural livelihoods research in low and middle income countries, and also in the area of Women and Child Development.
Election Commission
Bye Election to the Council of States from Tripura-reg.
There is a casual vacancy in the Council of States from Tripura as per following details: -
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State
|
|
Name of Members
|
|
Reason
|
|
Date of vacancy
|
|
Term Up to
|
|
Tripura
|
|
Dr. Manik Saha
|
|
Resignation
|
|
04.07.2022
|
|
02.04.2028
2. The Commission has decided to hold bye-election to the Council of States from Tripura to fill up the above-mentioned vacancy in accordance with the following schedule:-
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Sl. No
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Events
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Dates
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||
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Issue of Notifications
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05th September, 2022 
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||
|
Last date of making nominations
|
|
12th September, 2022 
|
||
|
Scrutiny of nominations
|
|
13th September, 2022 
|
||
|
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures
|
|
15th September, 2022 
|
||
|
Date of Poll
|
|
22nd September, 2022 
|
||
|
Hours of Poll
|
|
09:00 am- 04:00 pm
|
||
|
Counting of Votes
|
|
22nd September, 2022  at 05:00 pm
|
||
|
Date before which election shall be completed
|
|
26th September, 2022 
3. Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 issued by ECI as contained in para 06 of Press Note, dated 02.05.2022, available at link https://eci.gov.in/files/file/14151-schedule-for-bye-election-in-3-assembly-constituencies-of-odisha-kerala-and-uttarakhand%E2%80%93-reg/ to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process by all persons.
4. The Chief Secretary, Tripura is being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the said bye election.
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
FCI ensures uninterrupted food grain supplies across the country during the lockdown due to COVID-19 outbreak
58 rail rakes loaded today, total 410 rakes moved carrying about 11.48 LMT food grains since lockdown began on 24th March
Food Corporation of India  is ensuring uninterrupted supply of wheat and rice throughout the country during the lockdown period. FCI is fully prepared to meet not only the food grain requirement under National Food Security Act  @5 KG/Month/Beneficiary but also any additional demand including supply of 5Kg/Person for next 3 months to 81.35 Crore people under PM Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana. As on 01.04.2020, FCI has 56.4 Million Metric Tonnes  of Food Grains .
Even in this challenging operational environment, FCI is able to meet the increasing demand of food grains by gearing up the pace of supply of wheat and rice throughout the country mostly by Rail. A total of 58 Rakes are being loaded today i.e. 02.04.2020 carrying about 1.62 Lakh Metric Tonnes  food grain stock. Since the day of lockdown i.e. 24.03.2020 FCI has moved 410 rakes carrying an approximate quantity of 11.48 LMT.
FCI is conducting e-auctions under Open Market Sales Scheme  for providing Wheat to the empanelled Roller Flour Mills/State Government to ease the supply constraint in the market. In the last e-auction held on 31.03.2020, bids for 1.44 LMT wheat have been received.
In view of outbreak of COVID-19, apart from regular e-auction, District Magistrates/Collectors have been authorized to lift directly from FCI depots at OMSS reserve price to cater to the needs of Roller Flour Mills and other wheat product manufactures. Till now, 96736 MT Wheat has been allotted in the following states through this route:
|
|
Sr. No.
|
|
State
|
|
Quantity 
|
|
i
|
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
|
35675
|
|
ii
|
|
Bihar
|
|
23880
|
|
iii
|
|
Punjab
|
|
18344
|
|
iv
|
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
|
11500
|
|
v
|
|
Haryana
|
|
4700
|
|
vi
|
|
Goa
|
|
1100
|
|
vii
|
|
Uttarakhand
|
|
813
|
|
viii
|
|
Rajasthan
|
|
684
|
|
ix
|
|
Chhattisgarh
|
|
40
Further, e-auction for rice is also conducted. In the last e-auction on 31.03.2020, bids for 77000 MT rice have been received from the state of Telangana, Tamil Nadu, J&K etc.
In addition, considering the emergent situation, States have been allowed to take rice under OMSS @ Rs. 22.50/kg without participating in E-auction to meet any requirement over and above the NFSA allotment and additional allocation done under PM Garib Kalyan Yojana Allocation. So far, 93387 Metric Tonnes  Rice has been allotted to the following 6 states as per their requests:
|
|
Sr. No.
|
|
State
|
|
Quantity 
|
|
i
|
|
Telangana
|
|
50000
|
|
ii
|
|
Assam
|
|
16160
|
|
iii
|
|
Meghalaya
|
|
11727
|
|
iv
|
|
Manipur
|
|
10000
|
|
v
|
|
Goa
|
|
4500
|
|
vi
|
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
|
1000
Ministry of Defence
Government will ensure best of weapons and protective armours to our soldiers: Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik
Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Shripad Yesso Naik handed over One Hundredth thousandth Bullet Proof Jacket  to the Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane in a ceremony held in New Delhi on 6th January 2021.
Speaking on the occasion, Raksha Rajya Mantri said that the Government has honoured its commitment of protecting the precious lives of our soldiers fighting the enemy. He said the government led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi places high emphasis on the operational safety of our soldiers. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik assured that “the Government will ensure that our soldiers will be provided with the best of weapons and protective armour and such requirements will always remain uppermost in priority.” He appreciated the manufacturers, M/s SMPP Pvt Ltd for supplying the first one lakh Jackets, four months ahead of the delivery schedule. The Raksha Rajya Mantri also said that the BPJ being supplied is an indigenous product under Make in India and the company is even exporting the product all over the world making India a global hub for supply of such Defence ware in line with the Aatamnirbhar Bharat initiative of the government.
He said this Jacket has been appreciated by our soldiers who are using them on the borders and in countering insurgency.
The ceremony was also attended by Shri Raj Kumar Secretary , Lt Gen A K Samantara, DG Infantry, Lt Gen R K Malhotra DG DGQA and Lt Gen H S Kahlon, DG CD.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 Vaccination Update
More than 51.66 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 2.29 Crore balance and unutilized doses still available with States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
|
|
VACCINE DOSES
|
|

|
|
SUPPLIED
|
|
51,66,13,680
|
|
IN PIPELINE
|
|
55,52,070
|
|
CONSUMPTION
|
|
49,74,90,815
|
|
BALANCE AVAILABLE
|
|
2,29,36,394
More than 51.66 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 55,52,070 doses are in the pipeline.
Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 49,74,90,815 doses .
More than 2.29 Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered.
Competition Commission of India
Public comments invited to review of the extant Confidentiality Regime as provided in Regulation 35 of the Competition Commission of India  Regulations, 2009 extended by one month due to COVID-19 pandemic
Reference to the Press Release issued on 13.04.2021by the Competition Commission of India  on the subject cited above whereby a detailed draft proposal for introducing setting up of a Confidentiality Ring was put on the website of the Commission for public consultation alongwith a draft of the revised Regulation 35 of the General Regulations.The Comments were invited from the public by May 12, 2021.
In this regard, all concerned may note that having considered the requests made by various stakeholders for extension of time due to the difficulties arising in the wake of COVID-19, the Commission has extended the time for submission of comments from the public by one month. Accordingly, the comments may now be e-mailed to atdregistry@cci.gov.in by June 12, 2021.